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Votes at a glance: Coffey County Commission approves minutes, tax abatement, two CMB licenses and Christmas Eve 2025 as a county personal day
Summary
The commission approved routine agenda items including minutes, a small tax abatement, two cereal malt beverage licenses for convenience stores and designated Christmas Eve 2025 as a county personal day for employees.
The Coffey County Commission took several routine actions during the meeting.
Approved minutes: The board approved minutes from Dec. 23, moved by Mince and seconded by Thompson; the chair announced the motion carried.
Tax abatement: The commission authorized the chairman to sign a tax abatement in the amount of $99.80 for a single individual account as read into the record; the motion was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote.
Cereal malt beverage licenses: Upon the county clerk's recommendation the board authorized the chairman to sign 2025 cereal malt beverage licenses for two businesses: Travel Center of America located at 2775 U.S. Highway 75 (Leb0/Levo as recorded) and Conoco Travel Center / Cedar Valley Investments DBA Fuel Expresso 11 at 2754 U.S. Highway 75 Northwest (address as recorded). Motions to approve each license were moved, seconded and adopted by voice vote.
Designated employee personal day: The commission voted to designate Christmas Eve of 2025 as the one personal day for county employees, by motion and second; the board approved the designation by voice vote. Commissioners clarified that once cash is balanced for year-end processing employees would go home and that standard pay rules would apply.
Executive sessions: The board also voted to enter multiple executive sessions during the meeting to discuss contract and personnel matters, including a 20-minute session about the county counselor contract and a 20-minute session to discuss jail medical service contracts. Those motions were adopted by voice vote and the board returned to open session each time as recorded on the public record.
No roll-call tallies were read into the record for the votes listed above; the meeting record shows standard voice votes with the chair declaring motions passed.
